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End of Taper is two days, need tips

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gocards27

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Alright folks....a month ago...I started taking Imodium.

I was using about 200 mg or more of Hydrocodone/oxycodone per day.

I was way out of control....since then I have been able with the help of Imodium.

get down to 40-50 mg per day.

I only take about 40 mg of Imodium per day.

today I will take 30-35mg of hydro, 30 mg tomorrow.

and 20 mg on Thursday..then I am jumping ship....

I will increase my Imodium up to 60 mg or so...whatever helps me function..then taper that down 5 mg per day until I am off it and done all together.


I would go off the immodium all together...I tried that...but got sicker then shit...and I have a kid, job, I can't take a week off.

I bought:

5-HTP(100 mg) twice per day
b12-twice per day
b vit sup(once per day)
multivitamen-once per day
fish oil(twice per day)

If there is anything else..please let me know that I could use.
 
well update.

I happen to have 35 mg left this morning....because I was able to get down to 30 mg on Tuesday instead of 35 mg

and only 20 mg yesterday....

so today I will try to take 15 mg, then 15 mg tomorrow and 5 mg on Sat am to give me a kick start.

and help adjust to the mental grind.

It seems the Imodium is pretty much taking care of all physical symptoms...before it..I would be bed ridden sick with this low of doses.

I have no noticed my back really hurts.....so I will add aleve to help with the pains left over.

I am still scared for Saturday....and being completely out....but I shouldn't be...with the loperamide I should be ok.
 
You forgot to mention one very important thing I personally think is imperative when kicking any type of drug habit. In all sincerity I say you need very large portions of sex…as much as possible

It’s a natural high we need when our body is craving the artificial substance, it keeps us grounded, and it’s who we are.

Good luck!
 
Good job on managing to taper down. It should lessen the wds when you jump. Yeah the mental grind is going to be there, taper or not. The amino DLPA is good for the PAWS. Similar to the tyrosine, it also needs to be taken with B6.
The 5htp helped me quite a bit when I kicked. Just having a lot of supplements, vitamins etc to take throughout the day besides from being healthy also helped pyschologically since I had been accustomed to taking something several times a day.
 
GoCards,

Cograts. on your excellent taper. Thats one thing I have never been able to do. Very Impressive. I can't really advise as to other "comfort" meds. I am a bit old fashioned and only used imodium. And your right, that is strong stuff. I wouldn't be too concerned with the amt. your taking. After 4-5 days of WD, I dropped to just 2-4 per day. Keep us updated and the very best to ya!
 
One more thing,

Above all, more important than any comfort med, is to keep you mind busy. Don't lay around and watch the second hand, thinking how bad you feel. To me, keeping my mind busy was the only way I got through it. Well, of course it didn't last, but thats another story:)
Best
 
Well...great I messed up...

not exactly messed up, but set back.
Last Friday morning..

I have chronic Pilonidal cysts/abscess

they are a pain the ASS :)

Friday morning...I had one that was forming become fully inflamed...and when that happens..its hard to sit down.

so I went to the DOC and got it lanced..and then I have to pack the wound for a few days.

He prescribed me Vicodin 5/500, 30 tabs, M357.

So since then I have taken them one every 3 hours....none while sleeping.


basically six per day...I have a refill coming tomorrow...and I gave it to my gf for now...I am not sure what to do..I am still really sore and the pain meds work.

after my long journey my only saving grace is that I haven't "abused" the meds.

but I am pretty disappointed..and blame my self that I am still here on this amount..
 
dnt be disappointed, be proud that u had self control ab0ut not abusing ur meds. U actually needed them and took them not to escape some mental pain, but took the minimal for physical pain.

rejoice- bc this kind of self-discipline infers that u will probably be successful in ur taper. so ur recent event was a success in my eyes.
 
yo, check out this relivent poem i wrote

alcohol makes everything easy.
be a man... pussy

actually its one of those rime things, not a poem.
poems are not the ones that ryme, are they?
 
After a minor surgery..I am getting better and now back to tapering and moving on.

I have 51.5 (7.5/750 mg vics)

Today I am going to take 8 of them(already took 2).

that will leave me with 45.

then figure I will try to take 5 everyday after that until I can down to zero.

If I get stuck on 5 per day that is still 9 days before I am CT...which should with the help of Immodium stave off the heavy WDs and give me time to adjust.

after a week of taking 15 a day I can tell my tolerance went up.


I hope this is my last surgery and last time doing this.

I had a couple nights where I shamfully got High...fuck me for that..that is weak bullshit
 
No its not weak bullshit, its opiate addiction. Cut yourself some slack, few would be able to taper. Yeah sliping up and getting high is a small set back, saying Fuck it and getting high everyday is major. The slower you can taper of the rest of the viks the better off you'll be. Some may say it just prolongs the wd, IMO it helps by getting down to the smallest does for a wekk before jumping. Good luck finishing this up
 
personally I find cutting cold turkey works the best. the problem is opiate addicts have the highest relapse rate. I was heavily addicted up until May, when I quit cold. now I use every so often, typically only a wee bit of kratom. I try to keep it under control, but its scary. I can feel my self control fade every hour. but it is possible to quit and never go back, I've seen it happen. I'd recommend NA personally. a lot of people make fun of it, but it is very supportive and helpful.
 
^ NA does get a bad rap. Part of that is due to the fact that each area, meeting is made up of different kinds of people. I've been to a few minutes that had some really chill people and it was a good place to be. yet other meetings/groups were filled with aholes and I couldn't stand being in the same room with any of them. My point, try several meetings before coming to a conclusion.
 
very good point. when I went to a couple east coast meetings the people were really irritating. but in most of the midwest meetings they are pretty chill. however a lot of the AA meeting I've gone to were horrible. maybe I'm just not going to the right ones, but w.e.


edit:

good. I found them very helpful while quitting. best of luck to you, I really hope you can do it.
 
the NA meeting in my city which is about 50K people in a country of 250K people right on the Mississippi river next to St. Louis, MO, I live in IL.

we get about 20-30 people per meeting now...and have regulars.

most of the members were crack addicts or heroine but there has been more and more pill poppers recently but the people there are really amazing and supportive.
 
Right now I am starting to WD....

I took at 7.5 at 730 am and 9 am. I felt real good for a bit..about 11 am..I noticed the first little pains where I had surgery..now my breathing is heavier and my eyes are dizzy/burning, don't get me wrong its not horrible yet. It is all neck up so far which is likely from taking 40 mg of Imodium this am..

I am so amazed at how fast we can go from feeling fine and normal to shit.
 
Yeah, esp. if were not being distracted by work or anything that requies our full attention. Focusing on how bad wds are,and expecting them to be is something I'm sure most of us are guilty of doing. Instead realise how bad they could be/ how they're not really that bad is the best comfort med you'll ever find. OTC pain med will help with some of the wds too. Like fever, chills, aches and pains etc. I found 5htp, sublingual b12, and l-tyrosine really helped me since I had been use to taking pills all day long. Sure it sucks, vik wds are no fun, but compared people that are wding of fent, H etc right now, you shouldn't be feeling as bad, it could be far worse, like hadyou been taking 100 pills a day.I've seen that at it wasn't pretty.
 
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